Monday, 1 October 2018

Where are the spoons

Food
services at Barts hospital have been privatised out to Serco.
(company logo "We Care'). With an
annual turnover of £3 billion, “Serco specialise in the delivery
of essential public services, with over 50,000 people working in
defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and other
citizen services across our four regions:'

Love
the idea that the military is listed alongside healthcare and 'other
citizen services'.

Also
nice to know that the inmates of Wormwood Scrubs receive the same
food services as we get in this hospital. I wonder if they have the
same problem – a shortage of small spoons. In the Scrubs they may
be being put to use tunnelling their escapes and probably don't ask
why there is a shortage. There was no answer to me when I asked this
question.

For
the third day my tea and small yoghurt had no small spoon, but the
kind Serco employee eventually found one for me.

I
haven't yet summoned up the courage to ask her what are her wages.
Watch this space. And here's some music which has nothing to do with the above - Rachid Taha